Reading | Looking back at the invention of the news, reshaping the value of the media

The rapid development of Internet technology broke the barriers of time and space, and the flow of information occurred in the blink of an eye, constantly setting off the turbulent wave of public opinion. From the current link, what are the important historical moments back to the history of Chinese and foreign journalism? By history, how can we travel more calmly in the sea of ​​information? On the afternoon of June 25, the professor of the School of Journalism of Fudan University came to The Press Pavilion Coffee, and talked to the reporter and columnist Cao Ling video. Dialogue, sorting out the development history of Chinese and foreign news, sharing journalism and media consciousness from a professional perspective, and lead everyone to embark on the "news journey".

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Look at the "Invention of News" in modern China through "Declaration"

"The place where you look at is the history of journalism." The main venue of this event is the original site of the application hall (No. 309 Hankou Road, Shanghai), the fifth floor, which is the office of the most important figure in the "Declaration" before 1934. It is said that here has witnessed the "news invention of news" in modern China. "Report" was founded in 1872, and was published on May 27, 1949. It is the longest -lasting newspaper in modern China. It faithfully witnessed and recorded the changes in modern Chinese society. At the event site, Zhang Li struggled the original issue of the "Declaration", leading everyone to experience the significance and value of the "Declaration" more intuitively.

Zhang Li has the habit of the original collection newspapers. At the event, in addition to showing the original issue of the "Declaration", he also brings the audience's precious originals of domestic and foreign newspapers, including the "Invention of the News" The original "London Bulletin" displayed by illustrations. A yellowish newspaper allows a vivid historical scene to vividly present in front of us. Cao Ling believes that the original and sensible original information is very sacred, and the original newspaper that has been stopped. Back.

These newspapers and periodicals have solidified many important historical moments, and Zhang Li Fen believes that printing civilization has an indelible important value for us to recognize the world and observe history.

The invention of news, that is, the invention of public power

People are curious about the unknown world and their needs for information. From the period of the primitive tribe, people exchange information through various ways. Therefore, Zhang Li Fen believes that the emergence of news is not an accident, but an inevitable event for the evolution of human society.

"Invention of News", [British] Andrew Petigli, published by Guangxi Normal University Press

As the book says: "The invention of the news is the invention of public power." Zhang Li Fen believes that the news media allows the public to have the attachment and carrier of interest expression, making public power possible. Without printing civilization, human history will be rewritten: modern history cannot exist. Many modern countries may not exist. Therefore, tension emphasizes that China's news education should be a very important part of Chinese humanities education. "Only scholars with high academic literacy can truly effectively communicate with the public." Zhang Li Fen believes that news education should not be limited to professional education in the college, and scholars should also bear the responsibility of popularizing the public to write for the public to write to the public Essence

Cao Ning quoted Asabas's point of view, "No news, the modern world is unimaginable". Through the history of the news, we can clearly outline how a society enlightenment and move towards modernization.

In the essence of information in the digital media era

With the continuous progress of media technology and the speed of information circulation, we have ushered in the so -called "information explosion era", and more and more scholars have begun to pay attention to the negative impact of information overload. Zhang Li Fen believes that the aggressive media technology is a river. Digital technology itself is not the beginning of a so -called era, but the continuation of the history of human printing and human media.

Cao Ling has found that the news from short videos has become a very mainstream form at the moment, but such news is more sensational, and the content emphasizes views and omit many processes and restrictions. He believes that social media should be responsible for the polarization of the current information, because it is difficult for users to do information to identify information like professionals with high media literacy. To some extent, technology itself is blind. However, social media also has a positive impact on our lives. Everyone can record their personal memory outside the grand narrative, leaving precious footnote for the times.

At the end of the book "Invention of the News", the author Andrew Petigri concluded that the four elements of the news industry are speed, reliability, content control and entertainment value. Cao Ling believes that these four elements reveal the current delusions and bubbles of media technology to reach the essence of information, so as to judge what the people really need.

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Author: Xinmin said

Edit: Zhou Yiqian

Editor in charge: Zhu Zilong

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